At the EWEA Offshore 2015 in Copenhagen, the Dutch company KCI has presented its Double Slip Joint (DSJ) concept to the offshore wind community. KCI’s DSJ is a patented solution to replace grouted or bolted connections between monopile and transition piece. With the DSJ, a simple alternative for a p
ABS has granted approval in principle (AIP) to OTEC International (OTI) for its OTEC floating power plant. The elements of the design evaluated by ABS include the barge hull and mooring system, energy conversion equipment, hazardous materials handling and storage, cold-water import conduit and warm-
ABS has granted approval in principle (AIP) to Maryland-based OTEC International LLC (OTI) for its 5–7 megawatt ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) Floating Power Plant (FPP). The FPP is designed to generate consistent electrical power for a commercial utility grid in the world’s tropical and sub
The Seminar will be held at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm on March 18, and will, amongst others, feature speakers from KIC InnoEnergy, CorPower, WavEC, and Vattenfall. During the seminar, two recent developments of the HiWave project will be disclosed: a new phase control technology
Oceanus 2 device is back at A&P Falmouth, Seatricity’s manufacturing partner, for a winter refit in preparation for redeployment to Wave Hub test site. Oceanus 2 wave energy device has been tested at Wave Hub, which enabled Seatricity to test the installation methodology along with the communication
The Hamburg Port Authority has released a video of the Alexander von Humboldt, a huge trailing suction hopper dredger owned by the Jan De Nul Group, in action at the port. “The daily work of the hopper dredgers is very important. Without them, the port of Hamburg would simply silt up,” the Authority
Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) and IHC Holland BV have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in the construction of cutter suction hopper dredgers (CSDs) and trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHDs). IHC, which has vast experience and proven capability to build world class dredging equ
Envisan France, the French branch of the environmental division of Jan De Nul Group, recently launched the construction of its Soil and Sediment Treatment Center in La Seyne-sur-Mer. This center will be specifically designed for the treatment and recycling of polluted sediments and soil. Based on it
Halcyon Tidal Power has halted the submission of the formal application for the Scots Bay tidal project until the Provincial Legislation on renewable energy is passed. Halcyon proposes to construct a 1100 MW ‘Halcyon Solution’ tidal range lagoon facility in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia. Halcyon has
Wind energy consultancy Oldbaum Services has added floating LiDAR certification services to its portfolio. The first two certification buoys being tested by the wind energy consultancy were deployed on March 8, 2015 offshore in the UK. The certification process involves full system checks, power com
U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew, joined by Maryland Senator Ben Cardin, yesterday visited Ellicott Dredges, a South Baltimore manufacturer of dredging equipment. The Cabinet secretary toured the company that has designed and made more than 2,500 dredges for customers in more than 80 countries f
FERC has approved the Revised Study Plan submitted for the Pennamaquan Tidal Power Plant Project. Pennamaquan tidal project is being developed by Halcyon Tidal Power, and will be located in the Pennamaquan Estuary in the Bay of Fundy, Maine. Halcyon will now engage the environmental consultants at N
Senvion SE has finished commissioning and initial test phase of the prototype of its Senvion 6.2M152. The turbine has been operating at Langen-Neuenwalde (Germany), about 20 kilometres north of Bremerhaven, since January. It generated the first kilowatt hour (kWh) on 18 December 2014 and received th
Senvion SE has finished commissioning and initial test phase of the prototype of its Senvion 6.2M152. The turbine has been operating at Langen-Neuenwalde (Germany), about 20 kilometres north of Bremerhaven, since January. It generated the first kilowatt hour (kWh) on 18 December 2014 and received th
